Duct Cleaning in Elko, NV
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Ten months of heating pushes a lot of air through your ducts
Your furnace runs September through June here, close to ten months a year. Every one of those months it's pulling air through the same ducts, and whatever settles in them rides along with it. On nights averaging 17°F, that furnace is cycling on and off for hours to keep up, moving more air through the system than a milder climate ever would.
Elko County has seen 341 winter storms and 428 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Wind like that works dust and debris into a house through every gap it can find, and it ends up in the ductwork along with everything else the furnace is drawing in. Dirty ducts feed that same dust right back into the rooms you're heating.
- 10 months
- September through June, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 2 months
- July through August, your air conditioner does the same
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- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- There is no fixed schedule that fits every home. Most homes do fine having them checked every few years, sooner if you have pets, allergies, or just finished a remodel. A contractor can look inside your ducts and tell you whether they need cleaning now or can wait.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It is worth it when there is visible dust coming from the vents, a musty smell when the furnace runs, or someone in the house with allergies that flare up indoors. Your furnace runs from September through June here, so anything sitting in the ducts gets circulated through the house for most of the year. If the ducts look clean and nobody is having breathing trouble, you can likely wait.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to your ductwork, then uses brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris from the inside of the duct walls before pulling it out through the vacuum. Registers and grilles get cleaned too, and the furnace blower and coil are often cleaned in the same visit since air moves through them along with the ducts. A contractor can tell you what your system needs once they see it.